Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1896.) THE DIVINE WILL. 161
serves all things in their order is a positive one. We read
(Jer. XXIX. 11), "For I know the thoughts that I think toward
you, saith the Lord, thought!! of peace and not evil. to
give you an expected end." We are here told that that Mind
is positive in itA relation to man; and "the expected end" iA,
apparently, the ultimate of man's creation, viz., God-likeness.
\Ve see, then, that between God and man, the flr~~t requisite
for mental telegraphy is established in that the Infinite Mind
pi'Ojecta toward man the thought of his existence and the ultimate
purpose of hi11 creation.
Another condition nece1111ary to thought transference is that
the positive mind must be persistent until a re11ponse comes:
there mu11t be ·no letting go of the thought, or forgettihg.
baiah (XLIX. 15) says, •• Can a woman f~t·get bet• sucking
child, that ~he should not have compassion on th& son of her
womb '! yea, they may fot·gt>t, yet will I not forget thee." And,
again, speaking of hi11 peoplt! as of a. viueyartl, the Spirit says,
"I the Lord do keep it ; I will water it t'Very moment; lest any
hurt it. I will keep it uight and day." Thu11, so far a11 that
positive Mind is concerned, the two es!lentialll for perfet!t oommnniuation
at•e outnplied with; aucl while theRe pt·omiseR apply
ell}le•Ji~tlly to God's people (Ex. XlX. 4, 5). yet his C1're is
ovt'r all his ct·l:'aturtlR, even the MJIII.rt·owll ttnd the flowers,
a11 out· Ma11tt>l' said. \V e euncltul .. tlwrefot·e that the relation
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the Infinite Min•l tu that uf lllt'n iM nwst f~tvorable to the prodtwtion
of the pht>nonwna known a11 mental tel .. gt·aphy.
Th~ gt"eat difficult.'·. lwwevet•, i11 that mnn. a11 a rnle, ignores
thi11 r·elatinn, and refuseM tu plat!e him11elf in a receptive attitt.ule
towat•tl thi11 poMitivu ~litul. whi• ~ h iM the e-111t>ntial thing on
hi11 ptut: ht! is too buMy Htteauling tu per•11cmal inrereRtR, 11triving
to lillth;fy hi11 own clesil·eM. .TeiiUII taught his tliscipleM that men
llhnultl pray nlwayR. To )ll'ay ill to oesire ano to &Ilk, which is
simply coruplyiug with the law of mincl, which openct itself to
recuivt>. ~ut unclerMtancling thi11 law, people have no experience
of tht1 power of prayer·. They formulate a request for a
vari .. ty uf thing11 which they themselves have no expectation
of 1·eoetving. They fail tn appre